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I had never heard of the French pianist Emma Boynet (1891-1974) before this remarkable release came to my attention and hooked me for life. Boynet studied with the legendary Isidor…
I think Anna Netrebko is by now review-proof, and possibly criticism proof: even her warm relationship with and support for Vladimir Putin, despite his attitude toward the lesbian and gay…
Carl Baermann’s Op. 63 Studies for Clarinet are the staples for clarinetists that Kreutzer’s Etudes are for violinists. Published as a large set of five albums, the music ranges from…
Ohio-based Rick Sowash is a rarity these days: a serious composer who doesn’t take himself too seriously. Indeed, he strongly believes in the beautiful partnership of humor and music—just listen…
It will be interesting to hear the reaction to this performance, taped live at the Met on January 6, 2007. Anna Netrebko is so close to being deified that having…
Paul Hindemith’s chamber music with clarinet includes some of his finest work in the medium. The 1939 Sonata for Clarinet and Piano finds the composer in a surprisingly relaxed and…
Janácek “specialist” Tomás Netopil claims to be playing the “September 1927 version” of the Glagolitic Mass. Problem is, there’s no such thing, if by that we mean a fully finished…
This disc contains all of Felix Mendelssohn’s chamber music for clarinet, which turns out to be only three pieces: Concert Piece for Clarinet, Basset Horn, and Pianoforte Op. 113; Sonata…
Ever wanted to hear Beethoven’s Violin Concerto on the clarinet? Here’s your chance to find out. Does it work? In theory, you’d think so. After all, wouldn’t Beethoven’s melodic purity…
Rolando Villazón and Anna Netrebko, opera’s “golden couple” (or is it “dream team?”), have just released their first CD of duets. Oddly, in the DVDs in which they’ve co-starred–L’elisir d’amore…